Matt is a pastor, businessman, theology student, & massive geek.

Latest posts

  • Productivity Tip: Clean Up Your Office

    I’ve heard it stated before, this is not an original idea, but let me just state that this works incredibly well for me. This morning I came into my home office to sit down for a good solid day’s work and just felt lethargic. I couldn’t focus, couldn’t decide what to work on, and nothing…

  • Coming Soon: The Rock, Ames, new site.

    I am currently in the process of re-designing rockisu.com. The design is approaching 4 years old and is outdated in nearly every way except graphically. It’s time for a refresh. I would love your opinion on this new design, I have a few more days of tweaking before I start prototyping it. *update* I should…

  • Snipshot: Edit pictures online

    Snipshot: Edit pictures online. Might be useful for users who need to add content, but don’t have photo editing software.

  • Aptana: The Web IDE

    Aptana: The Web IDE Aptana is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications, and is soon to be the editor of my choice.

  • Garrett Dimon / ASP.Net vs. Front-End Architecture

    I work in an ASP.NET shop for Iowa State University. Garret does a great job of explaining the one thing I hate about my otherwise great job in ASP.Net vs. Front-End Architecture.

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